Beyonce Carries Sleepy Blue Ivy After Brooklyn Lunch Date: Picture

Beyonce and Blue Ivy in Brooklyn, New York on March 24, 2013.Credit: Splash/RichGirlOnABudget.com

Beyonce and daughter Blue Ivy spent some quality mother-daughter time together on Sunday, March 24, grabbing a bite to eat in Brooklyn -- though little Blue looked pretty tuckered out!

In photos snapped just outside Buttermilk Channel restaurant on Court Street, the 31-year-old singer grinned as she toted little Blue Ivy, 14 months, out of the eatery. The superstar singer dressed casually for the family meal, wearing an oversized black hoodie and sunglasses, with her hair up in a topknot.

"Family has always been important," Beyonce told the March issue of Vogue, calling Blue her "homey" and her "road dog." "I've always had my mother and my father and my husband. But it's just … Life is so much more than that. … It's not defined by any of this [fame or money]."